A daughter of the vicious Hastings, Flamma was not as precocious as many of the runners sired by the two-time American champion sire although she was a winner at 2. She showed the influence of her more stamina-oriented and slower-maturing broodmare sire Rayon d'Or at 3, when she displayed enough talent to win the Kentucky Oaks and to run third behind Worth in the Kentucky Derby. Moved to the New York circuit after racing reopened there in 1913, she added the Ladies' Handicap to her trophy case and ran fairly well in Maryland as well but died of pneumonia early the following year.
Race record
Complete record unavailable. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, she ran 33 times at 2, racking up six wins and four seconds.
1912:
1913:
As an individual
A chestnut mare, Flamma possessed a deep shoulder and a strong body but was sickle-hocked like her sire. She was a bad actor at the post and was not a consistent racer. She relished off going and usually did her best running from off the pace.
Connections
Flamma was bred by August Belmont II's Nursery Stud. She was owned by E. F. Condran and was trained by John Duffy. She died as a 5-year-old without having raced that year.
Pedigree notes
Flamma is inbred 4x4 to 16-time American champion sire Lexington, 5x4x5 to the great 19th-century matron Pocahontas, and 5x5 to eight-time American champion sire Glencoe. She is a full sister to Field Mouse, who won the 1909 Saranac Handicap and Delaware Handicap from males as a 3-year-old. She is also a half sister to juvenile stakes winner Flitaway (by Fair Play).
Flittermouse, the dam of Flamma and her sisters, is a half sister to stakes winners Kinnikinnick and Fly by Night, both by Candlemas. She is also a half sister to Libbertiflibbet (by Bullion), dam of the good juvenile George C. Bennett (by the Ormonde horse Orsini) and multiple stakes winner Honiton (by Ormonde), and to Celinda (by The Ill-Used), dam of juvenile stakes winner Sister Linda (by Zorilla).
The next dam in Flamma's tail-female line is Flibbertigibbet (by 1870 Belmont Stakes winner Kingfisher, by Lexington), whose full sister Filette produced Ladies' Handicap winner Fides (by The Ill-Used; second dam of the noted steeplechaser Arc Light). The sisters were half siblings to 1869 Champagne Stakes winner Finesse (dam of 1899 Metropolitan Handicap winner Filigrane, by Galore), juvenile stakes winner Finework (dam of multiple juvenile stakes winner Portland, by Virgil) and 1876 Withers Stakes winner Fiddlesticks—all by Lexington—and were produced from the English import Filagree, a daughter of seven-time English/Irish champion sire Stockwell and the Touchstone mare Extasy.
Fun facts
Last updated: February 7, 2020
Race record
Complete record unavailable. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, she ran 33 times at 2, racking up six wins and four seconds.
1912:
- Won Kentucky Oaks (USA, 8.5FD, Churchill Downs)
- 3rd Kentucky Derby (USA, 10FD, Churchill Downs)
- 3rd Palmetto Derby (USA, 10FD, Palmetto Park)
- 3rd Hamilton Derby (CAN, 10FD, Hamilton)
1913:
- Won Ladies' Handicap (USA, 8FD, Belmont)
- 3rd Old Bay Handicap (USA, 8F+70yD, Havre de Grace)
- 3rd Havre de Grace Handicap (USA, 9FD, Havre de Grace)
As an individual
A chestnut mare, Flamma possessed a deep shoulder and a strong body but was sickle-hocked like her sire. She was a bad actor at the post and was not a consistent racer. She relished off going and usually did her best running from off the pace.
Connections
Flamma was bred by August Belmont II's Nursery Stud. She was owned by E. F. Condran and was trained by John Duffy. She died as a 5-year-old without having raced that year.
Pedigree notes
Flamma is inbred 4x4 to 16-time American champion sire Lexington, 5x4x5 to the great 19th-century matron Pocahontas, and 5x5 to eight-time American champion sire Glencoe. She is a full sister to Field Mouse, who won the 1909 Saranac Handicap and Delaware Handicap from males as a 3-year-old. She is also a half sister to juvenile stakes winner Flitaway (by Fair Play).
Flittermouse, the dam of Flamma and her sisters, is a half sister to stakes winners Kinnikinnick and Fly by Night, both by Candlemas. She is also a half sister to Libbertiflibbet (by Bullion), dam of the good juvenile George C. Bennett (by the Ormonde horse Orsini) and multiple stakes winner Honiton (by Ormonde), and to Celinda (by The Ill-Used), dam of juvenile stakes winner Sister Linda (by Zorilla).
The next dam in Flamma's tail-female line is Flibbertigibbet (by 1870 Belmont Stakes winner Kingfisher, by Lexington), whose full sister Filette produced Ladies' Handicap winner Fides (by The Ill-Used; second dam of the noted steeplechaser Arc Light). The sisters were half siblings to 1869 Champagne Stakes winner Finesse (dam of 1899 Metropolitan Handicap winner Filigrane, by Galore), juvenile stakes winner Finework (dam of multiple juvenile stakes winner Portland, by Virgil) and 1876 Withers Stakes winner Fiddlesticks—all by Lexington—and were produced from the English import Filagree, a daughter of seven-time English/Irish champion sire Stockwell and the Touchstone mare Extasy.
Fun facts
- Flamma was the first Kentucky Derby mount for National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame jockey Johnny Loftus, who later won the great race aboard George Smith in 1916 and Triple Crown winner Sir Barton in 1919.
Last updated: February 7, 2020